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The 2025 Montana legislative session got off to a rocky start on day one in the Senate when a group of nine Republicans defected to collude with Democrats in a surprise maneuver to change the Senate’s rules and committee assignments giving themselves and Democrats more power.

— State Senate President Matt Regier

As we write this, Montana’s proposed budget is way in the red, with the shortfall projected at around $1 billion by 2029.

— Sens. Matt Regier, Ken Bogner, Tom McGillvray, and Carl Glimm

Many of the issues that we discuss at the legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues.

— Senator Denley Loge